Clocks go forward one hour at 0100 on Sunday

If the government were to give the hour back, over half of those polled said they would relax and more than a third would catch up on sleep.

Nearly half would socialise and close to a third would make love, according to survey by online bank Cahoot.

The survey was published as clocks go forward one hour at 0100 GMT on Sunday.

Time-poor

Cahoot said there were many ways people could use the extra hour.

Researchers surveyed 1,260 people and found many eat at their desks and women apply make-up on the run to buy a little time.

They also found 11% of men interviewed said they were organised, compared with 6% of women and only one in four completed their daily to-do list.

The wise person knows that the secret is to take on only those things that we have time to do properly Mark Forster, time management expert and author

Mark Forster, time management expert and author of Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play, said, "We spend our days in a more or less permanent state of rush and hassle, craving rest and relaxation.

"The wise person on the other hand knows that the secret is to take on only those things that we have time to do properly."

Regional differences emerged in the poll too showing 69% of Londoners would chill out for an extra hour while 40% in the North West would rather have sex.